The Impressionist There were several artists in the period known in the nineteenth century known as the Impressionist movement. The most memorable names and figures that came from the impressionist movement were Edouard Manet, Salvador Dali, and Claude Monet. Most of the impressionist artists focused on the more daily routine style of art, featuring more relaxed figures instead of the more dramatic subject matter of the previous period. Monet was no different from any other artist of the time, yet he left behind a grand collection of work that many people have come to enjoy. Monet has been considered by many experts to be the father of Impressionism even though style had existed with its bright colors, scientific innovation …show more content…
Monet was only repeating what had started in the art world one decade before he became an artist, yet he was considered very good at painting the simplicity of nature. A vast majority of Monet’s works were painted on the location he desired to capture on canvas, which was also considered a new idea. (Bomford 21). Monet’s constant focus was on the many seascapes dotted along the French coastal areas which was how he became known as the “Painter of Marines” (Loyrette and Tinerow 66). Monet, at one point, was a painting the coast at Trouville in the 1870’s, a painting that would later be called The Beach and Trouville by using a new style that was becoming popular. It was unclear if he was asked what style or form he was using, but in either event he was reported as saying that the style he used was “Impressionism” (Bomford …show more content…
Most oil paints had gone through dramatic changes in the 18th and 19th century to the point where “Color men” the art dealers that actually made the paints were using mineral based paints (Bomford 32). Cobalt Blue made from Cobalt Oxide and Emerald Green made from copper elements, vinegar, and white Arsenic acetic acid (Bomford 58). Impressionists considered these materials to be very high in quality and did produce several desired results, even Monet was said to use a great deal of Emerald Green and Lead based whites (Bomford 60 and 67). Despite the dangerous elements of these paints Monet lived into the